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Digital Life Certificate Camp held for Central Government Pensioners in Puducherry
The Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India has launched a nation-wide campaign for promotion of Digital Life Certificate for Central Government pensioners. The Face Authentication Technology was launched in November, 2021 by Dr. Jitendra Singh, the Hon’ble Minister of State  of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. All the registered Pensioners Associations, Pension Disbursing Banks, Ministries of Government of India and CGHS Centres had been directed to promote the Digital Life Certificate/Face Authentication Technique for giving Life Certificate by organizing special camps for ‘Ease of Living’ of pensioners. In this episode, a central government team from the Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare was in Puducherry for a camp organized by State Bank of India at Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Auditorium, Jipmer Campus, Puducherry.
Digital Life Certificates submitted since 01.10.22 till date are 79,51,062 and of this total DLC through Face Authentication are 4,41,543. Further, the total DLCs submitted by Central Government pensioners for this period is 27,43,324. Of this, total DLC of Central Government pensioners through Face Authentication is 2,48,734.
More than 300 pensioners participated in the campaign enthusiastically and expressed pleasure and satisfaction at the introduction of this new technology. These pensioners were guided by the Department officials on the procedure for downloading the Face Authentication Jeevan Pramaan App in their mobile phones and give Life Certificate from their phones. With a view to using this technique for pensioners the representatives of the Pensioners’ Association, “JIPMER Pensioners Association”, Puducherry attended the camp to learn the process and spread the message. The Life Certificate is generated within 60 seconds and a link sent on the mobile phone from where the same can be downloaded. This is a milestone leap into the Digital world taken by the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare, Government of India. Earlier to give Life Certificate in physical form the aged pensioners had to queue up for hours outside banks. Now, the same has been made possible at the click of a button from the comfort of their home.
In the process of submission of Life Certificate through Face Authentication by mobile, details regarding Aadhaar Number, Mobile Number for OTP, PPO Number, Account Number with Bank/Post Office are required the first time. This facility is also available for State Government Employees and having Disbursing Authority as Treasury Office of the State.
The central team has requested all the pensioners to visit the official YouTube channel of the department – DOPPW_INDIA OFFICIAL where two videos in Hindi and English have been uploaded explaining the process of submitting the Life Certificate through Authentication Technique in simple language.
The event was organized in collaboration with State Bank of India and was attended by representatives of Pensioners Associations, MeitY/NIC and UIDAI. The participation of these stakeholders was invaluable for the success of the campaign. The DoPPW team thanked all representatives for their efforts during the event.
This campaign will be run by the department throughout the month of November and all pensioners are requested to avail this facility for submission of their Life Certificate through Face Authentication.
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